METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ORDERING AND PRIORITIZING THE DOWNLOADING OF CONTENT FROM AN INTERACTIVE INTERFACE

• US 20090099859A1
• Filed: 10/13/2007
• Published: 04/16/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DIRECTV, LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Jeffs, Alistair E.
• Granted Patent: US 8,046,802 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/18
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/306 using TV related infrastructures external card used for payment with client device H04N21/4185
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering

Abstract

A method and system for ordering content includes a first device having an ordering interactive interface. The first device identifies a user account. The first device forms a content selection corresponding to the on-demand content from the interactive interface and generates a recording priority status. The first device communicates the content selection and the recording priority status to a content processing system. The content processing system forms a queue for the user account, inserts the content selection in the queue in response to the recording priority and communicates a control word to the user device. A user device receives the content corresponding to the selection in response to the control word.

Claims

1. A method of ordering content comprising:

accessing an ordering interactive interface having available content using a first device;

identifying a user account;

forming a queue for the user account;

selecting a content selection from the interactive interface;

selecting a recording priority status for the content selection;

communicating a recording priority status and the selection to a content processing system;

updating the queue in response to the recording priority status;

communicating a control word to a user device; and

receiving the content corresponding to the selection at the user device in response to the control word.

2. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein updating the queue comprises inserting the selection at a bottom of the queue.

3. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein updating the queue comprises inserting the selection at a top of the queue.

4. A method as recited in claim 1 further comprising in response to communicating a control word, sending an email indicating the control word was sent to the user device.

5. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein after receiving, storing the content in a memory of the user device.

6. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein selecting a content selection comprises selecting linear content.

7. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein selecting a content selection comprises selecting on-demand content.

8. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein selecting a content selection comprises selecting the content selection from a menu on a mobile device.

9. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein selecting a content selection comprises selecting the content from a search result.

10. A method as recited in claim 9 wherein prior to selecting the content from a search result, performing a title search and generating the search result from the title search.

11. A method as recited in claim 9 wherein prior to selecting the content from a search result, performing a channel name search and generating the search result from the channel name search.

12. A method as recited in claim 9 wherein prior to selecting the content from a search result, performing a channel number search and generating the search result from the channel number search.

13. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein communicating the control word comprises communicating the control word through a satellite.

14. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein communicating the control word comprises communicating the control word through a broadband communication system.

15. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein communicating the control word comprises communicating the control word through a terrestrial system.

16. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein receiving the content comprises receiving the content through a satellite.

17. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein receiving the content comprises receiving the content through a broadband communication system.

18. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein communicating the control word comprises communicating the control word through a satellite and wherein receiving the content comprises receiving the content through a satellite.

19. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein communicating a control word comprises communicating the control word through a satellite and wherein receiving the content comprises receiving the content through a broadband communication system.

20. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein the user device comprises a satellite television set top box and the first device comprises a mobile device

21. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein prior to receiving the content, communicating the content stored in a content repository at a content processing system.

22. A system comprising:

a first device having an ordering interactive interface, said first device identifying a user account, said first device forming a content selection corresponding to the on-demand content from the interactive interface and generating a recording priority status, said first device communicating the content selection and the recording priority status to a content processing system;

said content processing system forming a queue for the user account, inserting the content selection in the queue in response to the recording priority and communicating a control word to the user device; and

a user device receiving the content corresponding to the selection in response to the control word.

23. A system as recited in claim 22 wherein the content processing system updates a bottom of the queue or a top of the queue in response to the recoding priority.

24. A system as recited in claim 22 wherein the first device comprises a mobile device.

25. A system as recited in claim 22 further comprising a satellite in communication with the content processing system communicating the control word therethrough.